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| James 4:1 | Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members? | Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, from your pleasures, which war in your members? | What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures? |
| James 4:2 | Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. | Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not. | You covet things and yet cannot get them; you commit murder; you have passionate desires and yet cannot gain your end; you begin to fight and make war. You have not, because you do not pray; |
| James 4:3 | Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures. | Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures. | or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another. |
| James 4:4 | Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God. | Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy of God. | You unfaithful women, do you not know that friendship with the world means enmity to God? Therefore whoever is bent on being friendly with the world makes himself an enemy to God. |
| James 4:5 | Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? | Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously? | Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"? |
| James 4:6 | But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. | But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly. | But He gives more abundant grace, as is implied in His saying, "God sets Himself against the haughty, but to the lowly He gives grace." |
| James 4:7 | Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. |
| James 4:8 | Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. | Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded. | Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God. |
| James 4:9 | Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. | Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness. | Afflict yourselves and mourn and weep aloud; let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into shame. |
| James 4:10 | Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you. | Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you. | Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. |
| James 4:11 | Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. | Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge. | Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it. |
| James 4:12 | One [only] is the lawgiver and judge, [even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor? | One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art *thou* who judgest thy neighbour? | The only real Lawgiver and Judge is He who is able to save or to destroy. Who are you to sit in judgement on your fellow man? |
| James 4:13 | Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: | Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, | Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business," |
| James 4:14 | whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. | ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) | when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more. |
| James 4:15 | For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. | instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that. | Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that." |
| James 4:16 | But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. | But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. | But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil. |
| James 4:17 | To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. | To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin. | If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin. |
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